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There was a time when a child born deaf had few choices. For more than a century, the only option for parents was to send their son or daughter away to a boarding school for the deaf. There, the children and the schools thrived in the shadows, embracing a distinct culture of silent communication. Recent advances in medicine and technology are now reshaping what it means to be deaf in America. Children who could never hear a sound are now adults who can hear everything. That's having a dramatic impact on the nation's historic deaf schools as well as the lives of people. One of those people is 31-year-old Shehzaad Zaman, who was born deaf. Everyone else in his family could hear, and his parents worried — they wanted him to fit into a hearing world. "My parents wanted me to learn how to speak and how to listen, despite not being able to hear," Zaman tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan. He went to a special school at first, but in third grade his parentsCochlear Implants Redefine What It Means To Be Deafhttp://nhpr.org/post/cochlear-implants-redefine-what-it-means-be-deaf
2992 as http://nhpr.orgSun, 08 Apr 2012 21:31:00 +0000Cochlear Implants Redefine What It Means To Be DeafLinda HolmesLena Dunham's new series Girls debuts on HBO on April 15. Dunham, who got quite a bit of attention for being the star, director and writer of the 2010 indie film Tiny Furniture , fills the same three roles in this ensemble show about four young women in New York. Of course, it's not HBO's first time out with an ensemble show about four women in New York, and as Dunham tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan, the shows are very different in tone and content, but there's a relationship nevertheless. "Not only because [ Sex and the City ] carved the space for women in television that it did, but because the girls this show is about probably moved to New York three-quarters because they watched a Sex and the City marathon and thought, like, 'I want me a piece of that.' " The girls in Girls , however, are constructed a bit more out of something that's intended to be real life. Dunham's pitch for the show, she says, was "the kind of pitch that you can only give whenLena Dunham's 'Girls': Still Sex, Still The City, Different Showhttp://nhpr.org/post/lena-dunhams-girls-still-sex-still-city-different-show
2994 as http://nhpr.orgSun, 08 Apr 2012 20:57:00 +0000Lena Dunham's 'Girls': Still Sex, Still The City, Different ShowThere are plenty of pop culture references to the dangers of a close mother-son relationship. From the myth of Oedipus to the movie Psycho , narrative after narrative harps on the idea that mothers can damage their sons, make them weak, awkward and dependent. But for millions of men, the opposite has turned out to be true, author Kate Lombardi tells NPR's Laura Sullivan. Lombardi — a mother herself — is the author of the new book, The Mama's Boy Myth: Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger . Lombardi's own relationship with her son was a major inspiration for the book. "For a long time, I thought that what we had was kind of unique," she says, "that I was somehow blessed with this especially sensitive, caring boy." But in her research for The Mama's Boy Myth , she discovered that she was far from alone. Her starting point was that mothers and sons face a stigmatization that other parent-child relationships don't. Mothers and daughters, she says, have no problems. "I'm veryIgnore 'The Mama's Boy Myth': Keep Your Boys Closehttp://nhpr.org/post/ignore-mamas-boy-myth-keep-your-boys-close
2995 as http://nhpr.orgSun, 08 Apr 2012 19:37:00 +0000Ignore 'The Mama's Boy Myth': Keep Your Boys CloseDavid Folkenflikhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlUxN3y4dw The urbane Mike Wallace, a CBS News correspondent equally at home questioning con men, celebrities and chiefs of state, died Saturday in New Canaan, Conn. He was 93. No question was too pointed during Wallace's storied and notorious television career. The ambush interview. The gotcha. That trademark inflection conveying disbelief. Was there ever a more entertaining American television interviewer than Wallace? Not according to longtime 60 Minutes colleague Steve Kroft. "Mike was always the center of attention," Kroft says. "Didn't make any difference who he was sitting down with. Mike Wallace was certainly — in his mind and probably in the mind of his audience — the most formidable person there." Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of 60 Minutes , got his start as a young producer on the show. "People tuned in for the questions not the answers," Fager says. "Funny thing about Mike — and I think a huge part of the attractionVeteran Newsman Mike Wallace Of '60 Minutes' Dieshttp://nhpr.org/post/veteran-newsman-mike-wallace-60-minutes-dies
2991 as http://nhpr.orgSun, 08 Apr 2012 15:56:00 +0000Veteran Newsman Mike Wallace Of '60 Minutes' DiesWith Love is singer Rosie Thomas ' first full-length album in four years, and she's experienced many ups and downs in that time. One of the downs was an injury: Her thyroid broke, causing her to take a hiatus from music. "It's very humbling," Thomas tells NPR's Laura Sullivan. "It took about two years to get that in order, but what's amazing about that is that in that timeline, I got engaged. I planned a beautiful wedding on my grandfather's farm with a parade. I took a break for the first time in a while, and I just sat and looked at life for the first time. God gave me pause for the first time, and I took it, because I had to. A lot of joy, a lot of sorrow, a lot of hardship, a lot of wisdom gained in that time." The music on With Love contains more pop than folk, which was more prominent in her earlier work. Thomas says that's a result of her time off. "The doctor said, 'One day, Rosie, you're just going to wake up and you'll feel better,'" she says. "And it happened. The birdsRosie Thomas: Restarting A Musical Life 'With Love'http://nhpr.org/post/rosie-thomas-restarting-musical-life-love
2993 as http://nhpr.orgSat, 07 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000Rosie Thomas: Restarting A Musical Life 'With Love'Three-Minute Fiction is All Things Considered 's creative writing contest where our listeners submit an original short story that can be read in about three minutes — 600 words — or less. After weeks of reading a couple thousand submissions, a judge picks a winning story. Over the last two years, contestants have submitted about 29,000 stories, and only six have won. Next week our judge will announce the winner of Round 7 , so we decided to catch up with past Three-Minute Fiction champions. Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit LAURA SULLIVAN, HOST: It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Laura Sullivan. Two years, 30,000 stories and six winners. (SOUNDBITE OF CLOCK TICKING) DANIELLE EVANS: Hi. It's Danielle Evans. I can't wait to come back next week and tell you who the winner of the Three-Minute Fiction contest is. SULLIVAN: You heard right. Next week, our judge will be here to announce the winner of Round Seven of our Three-Minute Fiction contest. Now, for thoseThree-Minute Fiction Winners: Where Are They Now?http://nhpr.org/post/three-minute-fiction-winners-where-are-they-now
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